In the grand tradition of Sharon Penman and Barbara Erskine, The Lady and the Unicorn effortlessly weaves medieval fact and fantasy into an unforgettable tale of power, passion and intrigue.
In 1470 the Wars of the Roses threatens to tear England apart.
Overnight a man can find himself set against his brother or unable to trust the woman in his arms.
For the beautiful and spirited ward of Warwick the Kingmaker, Margery, freedom is the only prize worth fighting for. Disgraced and banished to a nunnery after the philandering Edward IV seduced her, she is determined that no man will ever decide her fate again.
But the king has already set in train a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that will pit Margery against his enemies, Warwick and Clarence. Fleeing England to the safety of Louis XI's Court in France, Margery is abducted by one of the king's men. Ambitious and ruthless, he is bent on marrying her to further his political career.
When King Edward offers her an irresistible challenge-to act as his secret courier to France and avert the inevitable bloodbath the House of Lancaster is plotting-Margery is more than willing to risk her life to save her family and escape a marriage of convenience. Margery is an inspired choice. After all, who would suspect his enemy's ward of spying for the House of York?
Furious that his prize has escaped him, Margery's abductor pursues her across the Channel and, with Warwick's connivance, forces her to marry him. Suddenly Margery is caught up in a maelstrom of political intrigue and deceipt. Her handsome and enigmatic husband seems to have abandoned the king to join forces with Warwick and the Rebel Queen.
Torn between her loyalty to her cause and a dangerous attraction to a man she should despise, Margery's mission becomes a race against time to outwit her enemies-and her husband.